Warren Easton Coach Tony Hull said his team never thought they were out of the game, even when they trailed 27-0 in the third quarter after consecutive interceptions were returned for touchdowns.

“We don’t quit” was the common chant among the Eagles (2-2) players as they celebrated a furious second half comeback Friday night at Bobby Nuss Stadium. Easton scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 35-yard fumble return by Tre Porter with 39 seconds left to pull out a thrilling 41-34 victory over Chalmette (1-3).

Easton’s final two scores came just nine seconds apart and on back-to-back plays.

“Those type of games take a couple of years off of your life,” a visibly worn out Hull said. “We started out slow. I’m just so proud of this young team battling back from a slow start. It shows the type of character kids we have here.”

On the first play following consecutive pick-sixes, sophomore quarterback Deshawn Capers-Smith spearheaded the Eagles comeback, scoring his team’s first points by taking a draw 80 yards, weaving through the Owls’ secondary en route to the end zone.

Capers-Smith finished with 15 carries for 176 yards and two touchdowns, the second of which, a 15-yard scamper, pulled his team within eight at the end of the third quarter.

“I never doubted,” he said. “I had to keep my head up after those two interceptions I threw. But I can’t do it with out my offensive line and receivers blocking. They was there all night. Those guys were just amazing. I kept telling them ‘just don’t give up. Keep fighting. We got this.’ ”

The two teams exploded in the third, combining for 46 points.

Capers-Smith was equally effective through the air, tossing two touchdowns, both to Darrel Clark. The first was a 31-yard strike with 5 minutes, 38 seconds left in the third. And the second, the 23-yard bullet to the back of the end zone that tied the game at 34 with 49 seconds to play.

“He’s a 10th grade quarterback that only played four games last year,” Hull said of Capers-Smith, who finished 8 of 18 for 100 yards. “He doesn’t play like a young quarterback. He’s one of the leaders of this team and they feed off of him.”